Schiphol airport is mandating a reduction in flights, and Jet Blue, which just started flying to AMS, may lose access. Jet Blue has retaliated by asking by seeking to have KLM slots eliminated at JFK.
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Taxes: San Juan Islands, WA proposes “tourism fee”
New taxes on tourists are coming to even traveling inside the U.S. These are in addition to existing hotel taxes.
Continue readingTaxes: Amsterdam raising tourist taxes
The daily fee charged to cruise ship day visitors will go from 8 to 11 euros, or $8.50 to $11.60, and the nightly fee built into hotel room prices will…
Continue readingEco tourism: Barcelona closes port terminal to cruise ships
Cruise ships will now need to dock much further away from the city center, to reduce the impact of thousands of tourists leaving ships simultaneously: Barcelona restricts cruise ship access,…
Continue readingImmigration: Should you immigrate?
The media runs frequent stories about Person X got fed up with the U.S. and moved abroad (except often they didn’t really move abroad full time), and they had immigration privileges to start with. Also turns out many move abroad for the wrong reasons.
Continue readingOvertourism: Locations worldwide seek ways to reduce tourism pressures
Communities, world wide, are seeking controls, limits and fees on tourists, to reduce pressure of “over-tourism”.
Continue readingImmigration: Anyone can move to Italy, of course
CNN has become a content mill web site, pushing out fluffy stories ad nauseam. Here is another of their fantasy stories about someone who moved to Italy and now lives in a castle at age 21.
Continue readingTaxes: Iceland to introduce a visitor/tourist tax
Iceland to create new tax on tourists.
Continue readingEducation: “World schooling” family travelers
“World schooling” families head out for global travels while teaching their kids on the road.
Continue readingAir Travel, Taxes: France adds new taxes on aviation
France adds “green taxes” on some of the larger airports in France. Travel costs expected to rise.
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